Envi­ron­men­tal Pol­lu­tion Pre­ven­tion Office (EPPO)

Envi­ron­men­tal Pol­lu­tion Pre­ven­tion Office (EPPO) is an insti­tu­tional oper­a­tional unit estab­lished under the Min­istry of Envi­ron­ment on May 6th, 2010, in accor­dance with para­graph 9. 8) Reg­u­la­tion of the Min­istry of Envi­ron­ment, approved by Gov­ern­ment Deci­sion no. 847 of 18 Decem­ber 2009.

EPPO is a non-​profit and non-​commercial sub­di­vi­sion which is per­form­ing and coor­di­nat­ing envi­ron­men­tal pol­lu­tion pre­ven­tion projects, includ­ing facil­i­tat­ing the pro­mo­tion of sound man­age­ment of waste and chem­i­cals, in accor­dance with inter­na­tional treaties and the EU Direc­tives, exe­cut­ing the fol­low­ing tasks:

Ini­ti­a­tion, devel­op­ment and man­age­ment /​coor­di­na­tion of the imple­men­ta­tion of projects financed by inter­na­tional and /​or national insti­tu­tions and orga­ni­za­tions aimed at imple­ment­ing and improv­ing exist­ing pol­lu­tion pre­ven­tion, devel­op­ment and poten­tial insti­tu­tional legal frame­work to pre­vent envi­ron­men­tal pol­lu­tion and estab­lish a sound man­age­ment waste and chem­i­cals, includ­ing the imple­men­ta­tion of the National Pro­gram for Sound Man­age­ment of Chemicals.

Coop­er­a­tion with pro­file inter­na­tional orga­ni­za­tions, pub­lic and pri­vate insti­tu­tions and civil soci­ety in the Repub­lic of Moldova to pro­mote and imple­ment envi­ron­men­tal pol­lu­tion pre­ven­tion poli­cies, includ­ing sound man­age­ment of waste and chem­i­cals, coop­er­a­tion and mutual exchange of expe­ri­ence with sim­i­lar projects ini­ti­ated or com­pleted in the coun­tries of the region;

Impor­tant Info

EPPO is a non-​profit and non-​commercial sub­di­vi­sion within the Min­istry of Envi­ron­ment of Moldova which is per­form­ing and coor­di­nat­ing envi­ron­men­tal pol­lu­tion pre­ven­tion projects, includ­ing facil­i­tat­ing the pro­mo­tion of sound man­age­ment of waste and chem­i­cals, in accor­dance with inter­na­tional treaties and the EU Directives.